Rail-joint.



` APPLICATION FEB. 12, 1914.

1,110,200, Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Eu/Iln/ A H Hall 'l ELwIN H. HALL, onrawiiusxn, OKLAHOMA.

1 RAIL-JOINT; l

Specicatonof Letters Patent.

'Patented sept. s, `1914.

Application filed November 1911, Serial No. 661,731. Renewed February 12, 1914. rSerial iNo. 818,370.

To all whom it may concern: j

Be it known that I, ELWIN HpHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pawhuslra, in the county ofGsage and State of Oklahoma, have invented new useful Improvements in RailJoints, of which the vide a reversible connecting r ineinber for:

connecting the rail lendsgto'gether and for forming an effective tread surface the joint between the ends and for,` positively preventing the sagging( 0f the rail ends` under the-weight of the rolling stock.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specication and in `,which likenuinerals of reference indicate similar parts in the sevrail joint. .on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.1,"FigQ4-is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing' a slightly modified eral vieWsL-Figure 1 is a sideview of the y Fig. Qiis a longitudinal section therethrough.4 Figi-3 is a vertical section forni of the invention." Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tie plate shown in the preferred form of the invention. Fig. 6 vis ay perspective view of the ytie plateshown in the modified form of the invention.

The rail joint includes rail ends or secf` cal shoulders 2 thereof being extended in' y lthe direction of the ball of the rail, as

shown.

The recesses 1 in the ends of therail sections are adaptedv to aline with each other so that in their entirety they will present a substantially rectangular receiving space for the tie-plate 3. The tie plate conforms ex- The tie, plate is arranged in the recesses of the rail sections so that one of the tread surfaces of the plate will come flush with the tread surfaces ffonthe ball portions of the.

rail sections..r The webs of the rail sections are provided'with passages `6 which are j adapted to aline with.'v the elongated passages k7 in thetie plate. Theusual fastening bolts 8 are extended through the alining f f passages in the rail sections and tiefplate respectively so as to effect an extremely rigid joint'between the rallfsections. By providying-the :tie plate 3 withthe parallel surfaces f4 and 5 the plate is capable ofy being reversed so that when one of its tread surfaces is worn the plate can be adjusted to expose the other surface. i y

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, thevrail ksections C and D have formed therein recesses 9, each ofy which being provided 4with an end portion 1() having the oppositely inclined shoulders 11 and 12. The tie plate 13in this forrn of the invention hasits ends provided with V- recesses 14:, the `walls of which being designed toy engage againstthe'shoulders 11 and 12, as shown. The lower shoulders 12 on the portions 10 serve to preventy the tie [plate from moving upwardly out of its in4 tended position. fTheupper shoulders l1 of the portions lOrserve to support the tie plate and when `the yplate is associated with the rail ends so that thefworn tread surface thereof is innernio'stthe shoulders 11 serve to compensate-for the wear at the ends of u the tie plate and thc shoulders thereby oper- `ate.,to maintain the exposed tread surface.

of the tie plate" in thesame general plane with the tread surfaces;v of the balls of the rails.

yIclairn'l- 1. Rail sections having recessedends, a

yreversible rail tread plate having parallel surfaces adapted vtobe singly presented to forni a tread surface at the joint between form a tread surface at the joint between In testimony whereof I aix my signature the m11 sections, the said recesses having in presence of two Witnesses.

v, L, o. Wqlis of \1 oonibulzition, the said tie plate ELWIN H HALL- having recesses reeivlng the V-portlons on lthe LWalls of the first recesses, and fastening \7i(messesj GEORGE G. LA MOTTE, IILLIAM H. .HALL

devices connecting the mii sections 'With the tie plate.

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Washington, D. C. v 

